- Jun 8, 2021
- 7
- Pool Size
- 9250
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Intex Krystal Clear
Hi all,
I started my first pool up earlier this year (above ground, vinyl lined, SWG) with the much appreciated advice from members here (thank you for that btw).
I've had the pool opened since early June and have had zero issues with it. I have a Taylor titration test kit for the water and maintain levels accordingly.
Currently, I'm sitting at:
FC - 14
CC - 0
pH - 7.1
TA - 100
CH - 100
CYA - 60
My SWG generally maintains the FC levels between 9.0 to 15 depending on bather loading and how often we use the pool. To my knowledge, FC has not dropped anywhere close to the min level for my CYA level.
Just a couple of days ago, I noticed that the liner is starting to develop very small areas of greenish stains near the bottom crease around the pool (along the vinyl liner seem). It's hard to imagine algae would be trying to bloom with the high-normal chlorine levels that my SWG maintains. The pump runs 24/7 with filter changes every 2 weeks. SWG runs at 100% for 5 hours straight every afternoon and this seems to be enough to maintain the levels accordingly (had it set to 7 hours initially but FC keeps creeping higher at that runtime).
The only other differences that I can think of as of recent is that we've been having some crazy wet weather (almost daily) and haven't used the pool for 2 weeks. Also in this time, we've had the pollen / helicopter leaves / other debris from the huge Maple trees in the area drop into the pool in large amounts. It's been hard to keep the pool clear of this junk with all the rain we've been getting. I've never had to brush the walls at all yet, and I just vacuumed last week because of the debris from the tree.
The pool is now relatively clean from debris and the water is crystal clear as far as I can tell (always has been so far). Do you have any words of advice for me? Do I just clean off the walls and be done with it?
Thanks in advance.
Jeff
I started my first pool up earlier this year (above ground, vinyl lined, SWG) with the much appreciated advice from members here (thank you for that btw).
I've had the pool opened since early June and have had zero issues with it. I have a Taylor titration test kit for the water and maintain levels accordingly.
Currently, I'm sitting at:
FC - 14
CC - 0
pH - 7.1
TA - 100
CH - 100
CYA - 60
My SWG generally maintains the FC levels between 9.0 to 15 depending on bather loading and how often we use the pool. To my knowledge, FC has not dropped anywhere close to the min level for my CYA level.
Just a couple of days ago, I noticed that the liner is starting to develop very small areas of greenish stains near the bottom crease around the pool (along the vinyl liner seem). It's hard to imagine algae would be trying to bloom with the high-normal chlorine levels that my SWG maintains. The pump runs 24/7 with filter changes every 2 weeks. SWG runs at 100% for 5 hours straight every afternoon and this seems to be enough to maintain the levels accordingly (had it set to 7 hours initially but FC keeps creeping higher at that runtime).
The only other differences that I can think of as of recent is that we've been having some crazy wet weather (almost daily) and haven't used the pool for 2 weeks. Also in this time, we've had the pollen / helicopter leaves / other debris from the huge Maple trees in the area drop into the pool in large amounts. It's been hard to keep the pool clear of this junk with all the rain we've been getting. I've never had to brush the walls at all yet, and I just vacuumed last week because of the debris from the tree.
The pool is now relatively clean from debris and the water is crystal clear as far as I can tell (always has been so far). Do you have any words of advice for me? Do I just clean off the walls and be done with it?
Thanks in advance.
Jeff